Blanche, Ontario

Blanche
Blanche Location of Blanche in Ontario
Coordinates: 50°04′35″N85°42′45″W / 50.07639°N 85.71250°W / 50.07639; -85.71250
Country	Canada
Province	Ontario
Region	Northeastern Ontario
District	Cochrane
Part	Cochrane, Unorganized, North
Elevation	244 m (801 ft)
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern Time Zone)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (Eastern Time Zone)
Postal code FSA	P0L
Area codes	705, 249

Blanche is an unincorporated place and railway point in geographic Selwyn Township ^{[1] [2]} in the Unorganized North Part of Cochrane District in northeastern Ontario, Canada. ^[3]

It is on a now abandoned portion of the Canadian National Railway main line originally constructed as the National Transcontinental Railway transcontinental main line, ^[4] between the railway points of Ogahalla to the west and Flintdale to the east, 6 kilometres (4 mi) east southeast of where the line crossed the Kenogami River. On a 1913 map, it is named as "Ogaming". ^[4]

Blanche is also on Ogaming Creek, part of the James Bay drainage basin, which flows via the Flint River, Kenogami River and Albany River to James Bay.

References

1. "Selwyn" (PDF). Geology Ontario - Historic Claim Maps. Ontario Ministry of Northern Development, Mines and Forestry. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-03-27. Retrieved 2011-08-24.
2. Restructured municipalities - Ontario map #2 (Map). Restructuring Maps of Ontario. Ontario Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing. 2006. Archived from the original on 2014-04-10. Retrieved 2011-08-24.
3. "Blanche". Geographical Names Data Base . Natural Resources Canada . Retrieved 2011-08-24.
4. "Ontario and Quebec Railway Territories" from the 2nd Edition, 1915, Atlas of Canada (Map). 1 : 2,217,600. Natural Resources Canada. 1913. Archived from the original on 2010-07-28. Retrieved 2011-08-24.